D-8

Things got done over the Thanksgiving weekend:
1. Mingling with people over a Thanksgiving dinner & a lunch
2. Shopping for a stylier outer wear
3. Pigging up on all kinds of poultry, ranging from turkey to duck.
4. Putting up x-mas decoration which includes a glamorous yet tacky wreath
5. Posing for this year's x-mas photocard (you guys gotta see this, the pinnacle for all things narcisstics)

Things got partially done over the Thanksgiving weekend:
1. Defense presentation
2. Apartment cleaning

Things left undone over the Thanksgiving weekend:
1. BALI financial stuff, thank you cards delivery, and the brick plan talk
2. Bills payment
3. Grading and compiling measurement data for the class TA-ed.
4. Books shopping for Dad
5. Shop for a cute plush Panda for lil bro

Things need to be done ASAP:
1. College Station ISD trip
2. ISS stuff
3. More of the defense and the next degree's paperwork
4. Selective deposition
5. New metal TFT

Hectic.
Scared (that I won't fit in my usual suit for the defense).
Anxious (for the defense's Q&A part).
Almost, X, almost.